Courses & Units

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice L6B

Overview

Introduction

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is 26-week full-time professional and practical training course conducted by the Centre for Legal Studies in Hobart. The course runs from February to July each year. It prepares law graduates for the conduct of legal practice. It is an approved course of practical legal training in the duties of a legal practitioner, for the purposes of the
Legal Profession Act 2007 Section 25.

Summary

Course Name

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice

Course Abbreviation

GradDipLegPrac

Course Duration

0.5 Years

Maximum time to complete (Part-time)

2 Years

CRICOS code

040663G

Responsible Faculty

Faculty of Law

Intake

Locations

Location

Study periods

Hobart

Legal Practice

Details

Objectives

To ensure that aspiring practitioners have the essential knowledge, values, attitude and skills to practice law competently.

Career Outcomes

Successful completion of the course is normal prerequisite for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

Additional Information

Fees: All domestic places in the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice are Commonwealth Supported Places and students are eligible for HECS-HELP.

Further details
For further details and information, please contact the Faculty of Law on (03) 6226 7510 or the Centre for Legal Studies on (03) 6226 4394.

Admission

Prerequisites

Applicants need to have EITHER:

successfully completed an academic qualification in law leading to admission to the legal profession, OR

have no more than 2 academic subjects to complete:

(i) where none of the outstanding subjects is one of the academic
areas of knowledge referred to in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession
(Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal
Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014); and

(ii) for which the applicant must be enrolled while undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; and

(iii) the applicant has received the prior permission of the Board of
Legal Education to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

1A If the applicant has completed their academic qualifications in law
at a time that will be more than five years before their application to
the Board of Legal Education for assessment of their academic
qualifications for the purposes of admission, the applicant must, before
entry to the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, apply for assessment
of their academic qualifications under rule 4(3) of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014), and receive the Board's approval;

Structure

Course Structure

Schedule

At the conclusion of the Unit trainees should be able to conduct civil litigation in first instance matters in courts of general jurisdiction and will have learnt fundamental advocacy skills.The Unit has a strong advocacy component with trainees appearing in…

This unit is organised in to three modules: familiarisation with the Court, Applications and Submissions (practice and advocacy) and conducted defended criminal proceedings. Throughout the duration of the Course a series of ten exercises are distributed to trainees in the…

This module is concerned with the general areas of law comprising Commercial Practice as well as the role, and duties of a commercial practitioner. Trainees are given a series of seminars and workshops addressing business structures generally and in particular…

The unit is concerned with the transfer of interests in real estate, and business and other assets, and will be primarily transaction based. There is a series of formal introductory lectures, which will cover the following areas: The searches, enquires…

This module is concerned with the principles governing, trust and general accounting in legal practice as well as the keeping of account records according to law and good practice to the standard expected of an employed solicitor.The format of the…

In this unit trainees gain an understanding of the practice and procedure in the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates' Court as well as an understanding of the role of the State Courts in dealing with matters arising from the…

This unit is divided into five modules:lawyers' skills, which includes interviewing clients, advocacy, writing letters, drafting other documents and negotiating settlements,competency, ethics and professional responsibility, which includes acting ethically, discharging the legal duties and obligations of legal practitioners, complying with…

Scholarships

For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.

Rules

Course Rules

These specifications shall apply to the award of Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Entry

1 An applicant for the award as specified above must:

1(a) have completed an academic qualification in law leading to admission to the legal profession, OR (b) have no more than 2 academic subjects to complete:

(i) where none of the outstanding subjects is one of the academic areas of knowledge referred to in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014); and

(ii) for which the applicant must be enrolled while undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; and

(iii) the applicant has received the prior permission of the Board of Legal Education to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

1A If the applicant has completed their academic qualifications in law at a time that will be more than five years before their application to the Board of Legal Education for assessment of their academic qualifications for the purposes of admission, the applicant must, before entry to the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, apply for assessment of their academic qualifications under rule 4(3) of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014), and receive the Board's approval;

2 Candidates for the award shall complete the award requirements, as hereinafter prescribed, in not less than two semesters (equivalent) of full-time study.

Course structure

3 To qualify for the award, the candidate shall pass all units in accordance with the Schedule accompanying these specifications.

Miscellaneous

4 The Faculty of Law may from time to time make amendments to the Schedule to these specifications.5 These specifications shall take effect on 1 January 2015 and shall apply to all candidates for the award.6 The approved abbreviation for the award of Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice shall be GradDipLegPrac.